The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
T/Sgt Robert R. Lamoureux served as right waist gunner and flight engineer aboard B-24J 42-50829 on the 18 September 1944 supply mission to Eindhoven. He was standing between the pilot and co-pilot prior to ditching.
After the violent ditching impact, Lamoureux surfaced and saw Lt. Blankenship in the water but could not reach him. He was one of three survivors recovered by Royal Navy surface craft and returned to duty.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
31246532
Missions flown.
3 catalogued · 18 Sep 1944 — 25 Apr 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Sources.
§ Provenance
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record